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Episode #653 of the Punknews Podcast is now up! In this episode, John and Em talk about the upcoming X album, Brat’s video for “Truncheon”, SXSW dropping the US Army and arms manufacturers from its sponsorship roster, OFF!’s upcoming movie, Gwen Stefani, and so much more. This episode also marks one of the final freestyle episodes. Listen below!

Codefendants are in the studio this week. Band member/mentor Fat Mike posted a short clip of the band and the session, which is taking place in Portland. The band did not state if they are working on a new album, ep, or single. You can see the update below.

Mac sabbath, who recently suggested that the end of the band is nigh, have announced two ten year anniversary shows with The Dickies. Both shows are in so-cal in Early September. Peelander-Z opens one gig while Creepy Creeps open the other. You can see the dates below.

Uniform have announced that they will be releasing a new record. It is called American Standard and will be out on August 23 via Sacred Bones. The band has also released a new song called “This Is Not A Prayer”. Uniform released their collaborative album with Boris, Bright New Disease, in 2023. Check out the song and tracklist below.

<p>The the eagerly awaited new album for our SoCal punks CHASER is out now and streaming on your favourite DSP! There’s a Digipak CD and four great looking variants of the Limited Edition LP up for grabs (Sun Burst Orange, Sea Foam Green, Whitewash Splatter and Deep Sea Blue), with only a few of super limited numbers of each still available. You can pre-order your copy here now with stock due to land in the coming week!</p>
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Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls and The Babies has released a new album. It's called Sweetheart and right now, appears to be digital only. Cassie included a statement about the album. In part, Cassie stated that "[Collaborator Dylan white] once said that describing music is like trying to tell someone about the dream you had last night. I agree. So I’ll just say about SWEETHEART: it’s “a Cassie Ramone version of a pop album inspired by pop music past and present.” You can hear the album below and read Cassie's full statement on the youtube link for the album.

We are PSYCHED to debut the new video by Egghead! You all know Egghead. The band made a name for themselves in the late '90s by kicking out melodic pop-punk inspired in equal parts by Descendents, They might be giants, and the Undertones. Well, the band is reissuing the waaaay out of print, CD only compilation Dumb Songs For Smart People… except now it is on vinyl… and it's remastered and it sounds great! The band's John Ross Bowie (who was also in a little show called The Big Bang Theory) spoke to Punknews about the re-release: "When Mike Faloon moved to New York City in 1993, he remarked to me that he’d never lived anywhere with a neighborhood palm reader. I had grown up in the city, so I sort of just took it for granted that there were people on every other block who claimed to have psychic abilities. And that’s a really weird thing to take for granted. But Faloon thought it made a great song title, so I wrote this sort of celebration of New York City and the people in it who claimed to have supernatural powers." You can pick up the record here and here. And, the band is about to play some shows with the like-minded Ergs and Boris the Sprinkler! And, you can check out the video for "Neighborhood Palm reader" below, right now!Photo: Seth Olenick